Social Care Institute For Excellence

Name

Social Care Institute For Excellence

Legal name

Social Care Institute for Excellence

Website

https://scie.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care Consulting and Training

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Wellness & Resilience Education (Non-clinical) (EDAAAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home Health Aide (HHA) & Personal Care Aide (PCA) (EDAOAJAM)

Keywords

• Social care consultancy
• Social care training
• Safeguarding services
• Co-production practice
• Care sector resources

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consultancy Services: Expert consultancy services provided to drive improvements across children, families and adults' health and social care. Services include safeguarding consultancy, reviews and audits, transforming care support, digital transformation, and commissioning for outcomes.
2. Training Services: CPD-accredited training courses delivered via open access for individuals, bespoke in-house training for organizations, and e-learning courses. Training covers culture change, person-centred care, strengths-based approaches, reablement, and equality, diversity and human rights.
3. E-learning Resources: E-learning courses provided free to use unless stated otherwise. Most courses can be imported into Learning Management Systems for non-commercial purposes. Commercial use requires written permission and may incur a fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SCIE is an independent not-for-profit social care charity that delivers expert consultancy (safeguarding reviews and audits, transforming care, digital transformation, co-production support), CPD-accredited training (open access courses, bespoke in-house training, e-learning) and evidence-based guidance across the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding, housing and co-production themes, primarily serving local authorities, health and care providers, safeguarding boards, and faith groups across the UK.

Product overview

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is a not-for-profit independent social care charity offering a portfolio of consultancy, training, and resource services. The organization operates as a platform providing expert consultancy support for safeguarding, care transformation, and practice improvement; CPD-accredited training including open access courses, bespoke organizational training, and e-learning; and comprehensive resources across care themes including co-production, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding, housing, and integrated care. Key offerings include the Strengths-Based Leadership Programme developed with the University of Birmingham, the annual Co-Production Week initiative, the Care Equity Evidence Hub, and specialized toolkits for housing and events accessibility. SCIE serves local authorities, health and care providers, safeguarding boards, and faith groups across England.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SCIELine: Email bulletin/ebulletin service for SCIE updates and resources.

Products and services

• Consultancy Services Expert advice and consultancy support spanning safeguarding reviews and audits, transforming care, digital transformation, pathway review, early intervention, commissioning for outcomes, co-production, named social worker models, and practice with impact across children, families and adults' health and social care; delivered to local authorities, NHS trusts, and care providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Accelerating Reform Fund programme supporting over 120 projects with co-production from the start, with around 70% having elements supporting unpaid carers and 73 wholly focused on unpaid carers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• University of BirminghamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for the Strengths-based Leadership Programme. The programme is co-designed and delivered by SCIE and the University of Birmingham, supporting practice leaders to engage with academic insights, reflect on their leadership, and develop communities of practice.
• Think Local Act Personal (TLAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTLAP is referenced as a key partner in co-production work, with SCIE's Associate Director Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE serving as Associate Director at TLAP. Collaboration on care equity initiatives and the Care Equity Evidence Hub.
• Department of Health and Social CareflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCIE provides hands-on support for the Department's Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF), which has funded over 120 projects requiring co-production from the start. Around 70% of ARF projects have elements supporting unpaid carers.
• West Midlands Association of Directors of Adult Social ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the AI Playbook which has been co-produced with people who draw on care and support to improve choice, control and everyday life. SCIE showcased this at Co-production Week 2026.
• Flexible FilmsminorOthersFilm production company that produced and edited SCIE's Co-production Steering Group video on the social model of disability, launched for Co-production Week 2020.
• National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIHR has published guidance on co-producing research and practice examples that promote co-production in health and social care research. SCIE references this in their co-production resources.
• Co-production Network MemberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of people with lived experience and practitioners who contribute to SCIE's co-production work, including participation in online sessions, evaluations, and guidance development.
• Council for Disabled ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Co-production Week 2019 webinar on accessible meetings, represented by Catherine Goodall who co-led the session with SCIE's Head of Co-Production.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Care Quality Commission (CQC): Statutory regulator of health and adult social care in England, publishing inspection frameworks, guidance, and improvement support. Comparable as a sector authority on quality and safeguarding, though operating with statutory enforcement powers SCIE does not have.
• ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services): Membership body for directors of adult social services in England, providing policy, networks, and improvement programmes to local authorities. Direct overlap on buyer base (councils) and improvement/training agenda.
• Local Government Association (LGA): Membership body for English local authorities providing policy, improvement, and training programmes for councils. Directly comparable buyer base and adult social care improvement remit, with broader local government scope.
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Arm's-length body producing national guidance, standards, and quality frameworks used across health and social care. Comparable as a publicly trusted improvement and guidance body, though broader in scope and statutory in remit.

Direct peers

• National Care Forum: Member-led association of not-for-profit social care providers, offering training, networks, and policy influence. Comparable as a non-profit improvement and training body serving the same provider base in England.
• Think Local Act Personal (TLAP): Partnership programme focused on personalised, community-based social care and co-production. Highly comparable in mission, audience (local authorities, people with lived experience), and co-production orientation, and is already a SCIE partner.
• UK Home Care Association: Membership association for homecare providers offering training, guidance, and policy advocacy. Comparable in serving UK social care providers with training and improvement resources, though more focused on the homecare segment.
• Skills for Care: The UK sector skills council for adult social care, delivering workforce development, training, and improvement resources to local authorities and care providers. Direct overlap with SCIE on training, workforce development, and sector guidance for the same buyer base.

Regional players

• Social Care Wales: Welsh regulator and improvement body for social care workforce and services. Highly comparable in training, resources, and improvement mission, but operates in Wales rather than England and Northern Ireland.
• Care Inspectorate (Scotland): Scotland's social care scrutiny and improvement body, publishing guidance and supporting providers. Comparable as a sector improvement and training body serving a different UK nation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/socialcareinstitutepage
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/social-care-institute-for-excellence
• Xx.com/SCIE_socialcare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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